These breathtakingly beautiful birds are Black-and-Red Broadbills (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos). They have a black head, back, and tail feathers with crimson underparts. The bill is most striking, as it is a wonderful light turquoise on top with yellow underneath.

Now I couldn’t find any info on this but if you’ll notice in some of the pictures you can see long “hairs” near the birds’ faces. They almost look like Salvador Dali mustaches! Anyone know what those are? Or am I just going crazy…

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